Futuresonic 2005

Wenn Ihr zufällig an diesem Wochenende in Manchester sein solltet, müsst ihr da hin: Futuresonic 2005 „The UK’s international Festival of Electronic Music and Media Arts“.

Zu sehen und zu hören sind (subjektive Auswahl): unser aller Liebling Gustav, Robert Lippok mit einer Weltpremiere, der alte Haudegen A Guy Called Gerald, Alexei Shulgin aka 386DX und die 8bit-Heroen von Bodenständig 2000.

Einen Schwerpunkt bildet LOW GRADE:

An interlinked exhibition, workshop, music event & symposium focusing on technological obsolescence. That computer lying in the back of your closet, the printer in your attic, the ZX Spectrum on the bottom shelf at Oxfam: you may think they’re useless, but to Low Grade they’re the raw materials of innovative and thought-provoking contemporary art and music. In an era when 2 million PCs are thrown away every year in the UK alone, Low Grade demonstrates that the life-cycle of obsolete hardware is far from over.

PDF des Festivalprogramms hier.